Isla del Carmen Mexico (Baja California Sur)

Isla del Carmen is an uninhabited island located very close (approx 10 km / 6 mi) to Loreto, in Mexico's Baja California Sur state. The island covers a land area of approx 150 km2 (58 mi2 / ~15000 hectares). It is part of Loreto Bay National Park (protected marine park) and also within "Gulf of California Islands" (UNESCO World Heritage Site).

Mexico's Isla Carmen is a popular tourist destination for hiking and especially for scuba diving and snorkelling, with regularly scheduled boat tours offered from Loreto.

The island is also popular for its flora and fauna, including many seabird species (brown pelicans, scissor-tailed flycatchers, magnificent frigatebirds, blue-footed boobies, yellow-footed gulls, sparrow hawks, American pied oystercatchers), reptiles, rodent mammals.